Show I I I I FAMOUS lA YER DIES IN ENGLAND NEOLAND Freed Drafted Men Dur jug Civil War Was Sent to l Prison N NEW V W YORK Jan Dy By By The Associated Press Tho Press The death In ia InI London England ot or Abraham I III 11 Hummel which became known last night ht brings bring to a close clos the ear career er eror or of one of ot the th most sensational di- di divorce divorce di divorce erI vorce lawyer this thi country ever everha has known It marks marka also the ho pass ine Pus pass passIng Ing of a a former school of ot criminal barristers who went to any extreme to their gain cases Hummel was wa a disciple and part part- partner ncr ner as well as IlS former office boy hf William Frederick Howe known during the Civil war as Hal HabeaS Corpus Howe because of ot his hi suc- suc uc eros In freeing drafted dratted mens men As s sp p partners the tho th firm much no- no notoriety no notoriety lit ill defending more than Front From 1870 to 1300 howe How owe anti Hummel were retained In almost every criminal divorce or theatrical case of ot any consequence Tho Cho walls wails of ot the thou thelt dingy dinty of ot Ceo Cen Center Cen- Cen Centor ter tor street were lined with I nub auto pictures of ot actors and actresses esses while the halt hall was at- at alway way al-way way ways crowded with waiting clients detectives and anti process sen ers erv-ers ers KEPT NO BOOKS DOOKS The firm of ot and was teamed feared by men anti and women who the th candles candies at both ends and lived the life e that mat leads to the divorce court or who were In apt to result rc In breach of ot promise or alienation suits It was said ald that the thi but but egg men of ot that day feared howe and Hummel a aI letterhead worse wor e than any other result of or their excursions along alone the I primrose path I The partnership ws w sv s 5 unusual In Inmany inmany Inmany many walI wa w In us was n a safe which to lo house the theoffice theoffice office bucket The partners with the young yount with them would evening and tees fees tot tor the diy day In a n com corn common cornmon common mon pool which was then divided according to each persons person's Interest In the th s is They riley kept no books GOES TO PRISON Howe How died In 1902 Hummels Hummel's nemesis was v the he same District At- At Attorney At Attorney torney William who convicted Harry larry K Thaw Jerome had characterized ed the tho lowe How and Hummel firm as IlS for tor more than 20 years a 0 a menace to this community It was as he who finally sent to the prison on Blackwells Blackwell's Island for a year yeu on of ot eon eon- con conspiracy piracy and subordination of ot per per- perjury perjury per perjury jury I 1 notorious Dodge Moue divorce ce ease case EXILED D IN As sensational In deCe defeat t as In vie vic victory tory Hummel gave ga a grand fare fare- farewell well dinner at at 1 52 2 blast Jast second Seventy street treet just justoff off ocr Tilt Fitt attended by man many friends H He served s ned his bia prison sen- sen sentence sen-enca sen tence tenca and anti then expatriated himself keeping Is his is alf sif evila In with Europe with the exception of one or two brief visits to the the- th lh United Status Stats until jils 1 death Between 1900 and 1905 before the Morse Dodge expose It was WIlS said sald the th firm brought about many large settlements In society scandal that never found their wry way to the courts or th the press presa |